Display package of pins



F. E. B. TATE DISPLAY PACKAGE 0? PINS Filed Spt. 1, 1958 Oct. 1, 1940.

mi?? Wmlfi iv? (7% Patented Oct. 1, 1940' DISPLAY PACKAGE OF PINS Frank E. B. Tate, Malden, Mass, assig'nor to E. H. Tate Company, Boston, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application September 1, 1938, Serial No. 227,907

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a display package of pins or the like, consisting of a card on which a number of pins are mounted so that portions thereof are displayed in an attractive manner but a the sharp points of the pins are completely covered so that there is no danger of injury resulting from handling the packages.

According to the invention, I mount a number of pins on a card by thrusting each pin twice through the card so that both ends thereof are against the front face of the card. A flap which projects from an edge of the card is then folded over the front face to cover the pointed ends of the pins. This flap is then secured by suitable means so that the pointed ends are all completely protected from contact.

For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following description of an embodiment thereof, and to the drawing of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package of pins embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the card shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a partial rear elevational view of the package shown in Figure l.

The package illustrated on the drawing consists of a card It] on which are mounted a number of tidy pins l2. These pins are U-shaped and double-pointed. The card is preferably provided with a series of small apertures l4 which, as indicated in Figure 2, may be arranged in semicircular array, although other arrangements may be made if desired. Concentric with the semicircle defined by the apertures I4 is a smaller semicircle defined by apertures such as a pair of slits I6 which are preferably arcuate in form. The apertures M are spaced from one another so that the legs of each of the pins, l2 can enter any pair of adjacent apertures I4. The radial spacing between the semicircles defined by the apertures M and the slits I6 is less than the length of the pins I2, so that when the pins are thrust through the apertures l4 so that they pass from the front face of the card to the rear, the pointed ends of these pins may then be thrust back through one of the slits l6 from the rear face of the card I to the front face. When the pins are thus mounted on the card, the pointed ends and the opposite ends of the pins are both against the front face of the card, the intermediate portions of the legs of the pins being exposed at the rear face of the card, as indicated in Figure 5.

order to cover and protect the pointed ends of the pins Without concealing the pins entirely, a semicircular flap is provided, this flap projecting from an edge of the card Hi.

When the pins have been mounted on the card, the flap may be bent back on the line 22 to lie against the front face of the card. The flap is so shaped that its edge will then lie between the two semicircles defined by the apertures l4 and the slits l6. Thus the flap, when bent back against the front face of the card, completely covers and protects the pointed end portions of the pins mounted on the card but leaves the end portions of the pins remote from the pointed ends thereof, as illustrated in Figure 1.

ing claims.

I claim:

1. A display package of pins, comprising a card having apertures therein arranged in two concentric semicircles, a plurality of pins having their pointed ends thrust in through the apertures of the larger semicircle and out again through the apertures of the smaller semicircle, whereby both ends of each pin are at the front face of the card, and a flap projecting from an edge of the card and bent back against the front face thereof, said flap being shaped to cover the smaller semicircle of apertures and thepointed ends of the pins but to leave exposed the other ends of the pins.

2. A display card for pins, having, a series of apertures arranged in semicircular array and a pair of arcuate slits arranged in a concentric semicircular array of smaller diameter, a substantially semicircular flap projecting from an edge of said card and foldable against the front face thereof, said flap being of a size to cover said slits but not said apertures, and a tongue projecting from the edge of said flap to lock said flap in its folded position.

FRANK E. B. TATE. 

